Football players spark outrage by dressing up as Serena and Venus Williams in 'blackface'
The players donned Blackface as their club's Mad Monday end-of-season celebration, and among the three players, two men dressed as Serena and Venus.
Three players from the Tasmanian Penguin Football Club in Australia sparked worldwide outrage after their pictures were posted on social media with them wearing blackface and body paint and dressed up tennis champions Serena and Venus Williams.
Reports state that the players donned Blackface as their club's Mad Monday end-of-season celebration, and among the three players, two men — Mitch Stanley and Matt Chamberlain — dressed as Serena and Venus Williams. Blackface is the practice of wearing makeup and costumes by non-black people to appear as a person of color. The practice, which is seen as disparaging stereotypes, is strongly criticized by the Aboriginal community, civil rights and anti-discrimination groups and activists.